Alabama Culpepper Archives
Clarke County

History

The Mississippi
territorial legislature created Clarke County in 1812, and it became part of
Alabama when that territory was formed in 1817. A county seat was not
established until 1820, when it was located at Clarksville. In 1831, the seat
was moved to Grove Hill. Clarke County, located in the southwestern portion of
the state in the Southeastern Plains Region, is at the juncture of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers.
A center of
the state's timber industry. Clarke is bordered by the counties of
Marengo, Wilcox,
Monroe, Baldwin,
Washington and Choctaw. Grove Hill is on US-43, about 75 miles north of
Mobile and 100 miles southwest of Montgomery.

African-American Culpeppers. In addition to the Caucasian Culpeppers
transcribed above, there were 48 Black Culpeppers enumerated in Clarke
County in 1900. If someone would like to provide us with transcriptions,
we'll be glad to post them here and update our family tree with
information.

1910 US Census

No Caucasian Culpeppers were enumerated in
Clarke County in 1910. However, there were
seven households with Black Culpeppers. If someone would like to provide us with transcriptions,
we'll be glad to post them here and update our family tree with
information.

1920 US Census

No Caucasian Culpeppers were enumerated in
Clarke County in 1920. However, there were
six households with Black Culpeppers. If someone would like to provide us with transcriptions,
we'll be glad to post them here and update our family tree with
information.

1930 US Census

No Caucasian Culpeppers were enumerated in
Clarke County in 1930, and there was
only one Black Culpepper household. This transcription was kindly
provided by Linda Cushing.

Note: This database is an indexed collection of the draft cards
from the Fourth Registration, the only registration currently available
to the public (the other registrations are not available due to privacy
laws). The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's
registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who
born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were
between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military.

Source:
National Archives and Records Administration.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (database
online). Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 (Archival
Database); World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National
Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives
at College Park, College Park, MD.

Kappa
Culpepper,
born 1924, Negro; Resided in Clarke Co., Alabama; Enlisted on 30 Apr
1943 in Georgia at Fort Benning in the US Army as a Private for the
duration of the War plus six months; Education: 2 years of high
school; Civil Occupation: Student; Marital Status: Single, without
dependents; Height: 68. (#61310)√

Ancestry.com Online database,
2004.
Source:
Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama Marriages, 1807-1902 (database
online). Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Alabama
marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these
records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm,
microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.

An identical record of these marriages was also found in:
Nomanus, Grace Kelly, Clarke County, Alabama Marriage Records,
1814-1891, Montgomery, AL, 1955; FHL US/CAN Book 976.1245 V25m